Hay-sling.



No. 785,536" PATENTED MAR. 21, I905- A. BADGER. v

HAY SLING.

. APPLICATION FILED 13110.22. 1904.

NITED STATES Patented March 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER AMBROSE BADGER, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF I -ONE-HALFTO PHILENA PEGG, OF QUINCY, OHIO.

. HAY-SLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,536, dated March21, 1905.

Application filed December 22, 1904. Serial No. 238,016.

To aZZ whom it may concern' Be it known that I, WALTER AMBROSE BAD- GER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellefontaine, in the countyof Logan and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hay-Slings; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in grain or hay slings.

The object of the invention is to provide a hay-sling so arranged thatthe ropes which hold the grain or hay will remain parallel, therebypreventing the loss of any hay or grain from the draft which is beinghoisted or unloaded from the wagon.

Another object is to provide a sling the main cross-bar or spreader ofwhich has a rope-holding device secured to each end, to which the endsof the sling-ropes are connected, means being provided and arrangedwhereby said releasing devices will be simultaneously actuated andwithout the necessity of the operator going beneath the draft.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a slingconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe main cross or spreader bar, on a larger scale,-parts being brokenaway to more clearly disclose the construction of the parts; and Fig. 3is a detail view of one of the rope-holding catches, one side of thesame being removed to disclose the interior construction and arrangementof the parts.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the maincross-bar or spreader,

to each end of which is pivotally connecteda bail-shaped clevis 2. Tosaid clevises are connected the ends of a short sling-rope 3, to thecentral portion of which is connected a the side of the cross-bar orspreader 1.

ring 4., whereby the same may be attached to a hoisting device. I (Notshown.)

In each end of the spreader-bar 1 is arranged a casing 5, containing alatch mechanism, with which is adapted to be connected the end of longslingropes- 6. The latch mechanism preferably consists of a hook 7,pivotally mounted in the casing 5, the bail of said hook being arrangedto coact with recesses 8, formed in the adjacent edges of the casing 5.

Pivotally mounted between the side plates of the casing 5 is alocking-pawl 9, having formed in one side thereof a notch or shoulder10, which is adapted to engage a corner of the hook 7, thereby holdingsaid hook in an operative or closed position. With the lower end of thepawl 9 is connected a coil-spring 12, which is seated within a recess13, formed in the bar 1, the opposite end of said spring being connectedto said bar, whereby the tension of the spring will be inserted tonormally throw the pawl 9 into engagement with the hook 7.

The casings 5 are preferably formed of parallel side plates 14, whichare open around the edges of the same to permit the free movementinwardly and outwardly between the same of the book 7 and pawl 9, ashort section of flange 15 being arranged at one edge of the casing tospace said plates apart and to limit the movement of the hook7 in eitherdirection.

To the free end of the pawls 9 is connected one end of releasing-rods'16, the opposite ends of which are pivotally connected to areleasing-lever 17, which is pivotally connected to Said rods areconnected to the lever 17 above and below the pivotal connection of thesame, whereby when said lever is moved said rods will be drawn inwardly,thus simultaneously releasing the pawls 9 from engagement with the hooks7, thereby permitting said hooks to open.

A coil-spring 18 is connected to the inner end of the lever 17 and tothe bar 1 to return said lever to its normal position after beingoperated. To the outer long end of the releasing-lever 17 is looselyconnected the inner end of a short operating cord or rope 19, which isadapted to pass through an eye arranged on the bar 1 midway between theends of the same. Said cord or rope has connected to its end a ring orlink 20, to which is adapted to be attached the end of an operating-ropeheld by the operator and by which the pawls 9 are disengaged from thehooks 7.

With the hooks 7 are adapted to be connected the ends of the longsling-ropes 6, and connected thereto are rings 21, whereby the same areconnected with the hooks 7, the opposite end of said ropes beingprovided with rings 22, by which the same are connected to the hoistingdevices. Arranged between the ropes 6 at a suitable distance from therings 22 is a supplemental spreader-bar 23, whereby said ropes are heldapart in parallel relation, so that the hay or grain with which saidropes are engaged will be firmly held and prevented from falling outwhen being hoisted from the wagon.

In using the device the main spreader or cross bar andsling-ropes arearranged in the bottom of the wagon, the sling-ropes being preferably ofsuch length as to extend but half the length of the wagon-body. Theshort sling-ropes 3 are supported upon a removable standard which isarranged within the body of the wagon at the center of the same, withthe long sling-ropes running parallel along the bottom in oppositedirections each Way from said central standard, it being understood thatfour slings are used in each set. Two slings are used in the bottom ofeach wagon-body, one on each side of said central standard and extendingfrom the same toward the front and rear of the wagon body. Aftersufiicient grain or hay has been placed in the wagon and on or in thetwo bottom slings the two upper slings of the set are then arranged onthis grain or hay, said second sections of slings being arranged in asimilar manner to the first section. By this arrangement one-fourth ofthe wagon load will be carried by each sling, which will permit thedraft of hay or grain carried by the slings to be raised higher, thusfacilitating the passage of the same over the higher beams of the barninto which the hay or grain is being placed, which greatly aids inhandling or unloading said hay or grain. The employmentofhalf-lengthslings for each wagon permits the operator to stand upon oneend of the load while the opposite end of the load is being hoisted,thereby obviating the necessity of his climbing on and off the wagon.This arrangement of the slings also permits a tighter grasp of the hayor grain by the sling-ropes, and the slings do not roll the hay orgrain, as thelonger styles of slings always do.

The arrangement of the short releasingcord permits the operator toattach his releasing-cord to the device without going beneath thehoisted load, thereby relieving him of the possible danger from thedropping of said load.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hay or grain sling, the combination with a main cross-bar orspreader having arranged on each end a clevis, of short slingropesconnected to said clevises, spring-latches arranged on the ends of saidspreader, said latches consisting of a casing, a hook pivotally mountedin said casing, a spring-projected locking-pawl adapted to engage saidhook and lock the same in a closed position, long, parallelly-disposedsling-ropes, adapted to be engaged with said hooks, a pivotallymountedreleasing-lever, releasing-rods connecting said locking-pawls with saidlever, one above and the other below the pivotal point of the latter,and means whereby an operating-rope may be connected with said releasingmechanism without the necessity of the operator going beneath the draft,substantiall y as described.

2. In a hay or grain sling, the combination with a main cross-bar orspreader having arranged on each end a clevis, of short slingropesconnected to said clevises, spring-latches arranged on the ends of saidspreader, said latches consisting of a casing, a hook pivotally mountedin said casing, a spring-projected locking-pawl adapted to engage saidhook and lock the same in a closed position, long, parallelly-disposed,sling-ropes adapted to be engaged with said hooks, a pivotallymountedspring-retracted operating-lever, releasing-rods connecting saidlocking-pawls with said lever, one above and the other below the pivotalpoint of the latter, a short rope or cable connected to saidoperatinglever, and means whereby an operating-cable may be attached tosaid short rope by the operator on the load, substantially as described.

3. In a hay or grain sling, the combination with a main cross-bar orspreader, having arranged on each end a clevis, of short slingropesconnected to said clevises, a hoistingring connected to the oppositeends of said ropes, spring-latches arranged on the ends of saidspreader, long sling-ropes having secured to one of their ends ringswhereby the 1 said lever is operated from the load, sub- IO same areattached to said latches, rings secured to their opposite ends wherebythey may be secured to a hoisting device, a supplemental spreader-bararranged between said ropes to hold the same in parallel relation, wherethey engage the load, a double-acting releasing-lever, means whereby thesame is connected to said latches, and means whereby stantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. v

WALTER AMBROSE BADGER.

Witnesses:

J AS. M. EBRITE, JOHN R. CAssIDY.

